wife most likely lost her wallet when we went on a trip to the neighbouring prefecture yesterday. luckily we went with a tour bus so we could contact the company online about it, and the wallet was most likely lost in the bus, but they aren't open on weekdays and we foolishly didn't write down the phone number the tour guide said to call in case of lost items : /

japan's supposedly really safe, if you find something dropped on the ground and turn it in to a policebox and the person comes to pick it up you get a finder's reward or something so "lost item return rates" are pretty high. there's also lots of stories where a wallet gets mailed to the person who lost it like the same day it gets lost and arrives 3 days later. anyway, all her stuff's in the wallet - we pay the rent and everything with my money so that's safe, but she has 3 bank cards, her proof-she's-not-an-illegal-alien card, health insurance card, etc in there. i'm still hoping we somehow just misplaced it in the house when we got back home, or that someone's already turned it in/mailed it and we'll get it really fast, because it's gonna be a huge pain in the ass and almost impossible to replace all that stuff (i'm not sure she CAN replace her bank card, due to how the bank works and us being abroad...).

in other news she says we CAN go to taiwan, so i can accept the job offer there, BUT if it doesn't work out getting the papers i need to update my passport and stuff (which is looking a bit grim because lol "my swedish doctor's on vacation and won't be back until september" among other things) then we cancel and stay in japan until december, then go back to sweden and try to get student housing somewhere. if that happens we'll be living on student loans for quite a few more years most likely...